Firms That Understand Work-Life

Forget free food. To keep workers happy, and productive, some employers encourage a balanced lifestyle—honoring flexible work policies and offering generous vacation time and sabbaticals. Others try to create a fun work environment or make the office more livable with fitness centers and even on-site child-care services. The jobs site Glassdoor’s 2012 ranking of the top companies for work-life balance is based on a survey of 385,000 employees in the past 12 months. Only companies with more than 500 employees were considered. Herewith, the employers that seem to understand best that work is only one of their employees' many priorities: